الموظف متاكد.

employee

Breakdown of الموظف متاكد.

• متاكد: sure; certain

Questions & Answers about الموظف متاكد.

How do I pronounce الموظف متاكد in Levantine Arabic?

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is:

el-mwazzaf mtaʔakked

You may also hear slight regional variations like il-mwazzaf or mteʔakked.

A few helpful notes:

• ال is usually pronounced el- or il- in Levantine, not al-.
• In الموظف, the م is a moon letter, so the l of ال is pronounced:
  el-mwazzaf, not em-wazzaf.
• ظ in everyday Levantine is often pronounced close to an emphatic z sound.
• In متأكد, the hamza gives a little catch in the throat: mtaʔakked.

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

el-mwazzaf mtaʔakked

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Arabic normally leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So in Levantine, a sentence like:

الموظف متأكد

literally looks like:

the employee sure/certain

but it means:

The employee is sure.

This is very normal in Arabic. If you want past or future, then you do use a verb:

• الموظف كان متأكد = The employee was sure
• الموظف رح يكون متأكد = The employee will be sure

But in the present tense, no is needed.